Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1975)
MAT IN ORLPARe ^6 sitting) Pumpkin rcH? 5,MARCI£„ iaton THE'6RE,V 'OF THE IN65 6IFT5 HE WORiP! n Review THE BATTALION THURSDAY, OCT, 23, 1975 Page 3 er ogrophy October Portrait Sale 3 for 2 405 Uni versify Dr INORTHGATE) College Station 713/846 2828 Play dramatizes death of black youth on drugs By JOHN BARNES Battalion Staff Reviewer “You don’t want to hear this ...” but all you people in your “alligator underwear” had better have a “bump with the truth.” The Sudan Art’s presentation of “The Death of O.D. Walker,” the story of a young black who over doses and dies, was truly magnifi cent. The group, based in Houston, writes its own material and applies varying themes to the situations of the audiences. In this case, the stu dents at Texas A&M. This “Guer rilla theater” puts its actors out in the streets researching with the people they portray. They learn their scripts through talking and in teracting with the “street people.” The makeup, props and costum ing are practically nonexistent com pared to the shocking devices used during the performance which truly involve the audience. If burglars stealing from an unfor tunate in the audience, or a blazing gun battle doesn’t cause realization of the importance of the play’s mes sage, perhaps a screaming, strobe- streaked corpse might. Any sensationalism in the play was countered by a “heavy” theme, centering on an individual’s escape of oppression through the use of drugs. In personalizing the problem of oppression, Sudan Arts used part of the Texas State University riot ex pounded by preacher Tomas Melanson. Through the death of O.D. Walker (Carl Parker), the group dramatically exposed the plight of millions of Americans to day. Excellent use of the Forum to bring audience participation to a climax was accentuated further with the quality acting of the Sudan Arts group. Melanson’s portrayal of the preacher was perfection to the last “A-men!” The “stoned” Parker was very realistic. (After the perfor mance I ran backstage to check out some of those pills he was drop ping.) The great characterizations given were a complement to the “guerilla” method of obtaining dramatic mate rial. After the play Melanson, accom panied by Lennix Price, led the au dience in folk singing. The singing was enthusiastically accepted by the predominantly black audience with clapping and dancing in the aisles. The active evening was exactly what it should have been — a memorable, enjoyable performance for the audience. And it didn’t cost students a penny. Unfortunately, last night was the first and last per formance. Sudan Arts annually visits A&M. Hopefully, the Black Awareness Committee will invite the organiza tion for longer engagements here for all the student body to ap preciate (and will conduct a better public relations campaign to warn them). THE GREATEST SANDWICH The greatest sandwiches in the Southwest are served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day Monday through Friday on floor 11M, Conference Tower. The greatness of these sand wiches is no accident. There are several types of meats and you can select your choice and mix or match any three pieces for your sandwich on the bread of your choice. Two of the several types of bread are sour dough and baked fresh daily in our Duncan bakery. Further, these breads are prepared without shortening for the diet conscious guest. For the greatest taste tempting delight just make your sandwich exactly like you want it and pop it into one of the handy micro-wave ovens. This wonderful sandwich and a bowl of soup for only $1.50 plus tax will place you on cloud 11M. We agree this is a bit of a long story, but it is difficult to stop talking about our tasty sandwiches. Open Sunday 11:00 A.M*. -1:30 P.M. for regular meal only. “QUALITY FIRST” Co mm itt ee .. , Tljc ^ , T | Shu pc // 2j| Federal power distressing Roger Rozell APPOINTMENTS MADE 1-6 WEEKS IN ADVANCE FROM DAY OF HAIR CUT: SAVE $2.00 ON CUT & BLOW DRY. BAUBLES, BEADS & THINGS Come In & String Your Own MON.: 9:00-5:30 TUES. - FRI.: 9:00-9:00 SAT.: 8:00-5:30 331 UNIVERSITY DRIVE 846-7614 n n n g g (Continued from page 1) Phillips expressed distress over the power of the federal govern ment. “Federal congressmen have more local power than governors and legislatures of the states,” he said. “More and more appointed offi cials are giving power to bureauc rats who are giving more decision making power to organizations.” Phillips said the people’s influence is proscribed when such policy making power is given to organiza tions and not to the legislators they elected. “I am deeply concerned over the bureaucracy attempts to destroy the private businesses,” Phillips said. He said agencies like the En vironmental Protection Agency and the Equal Rights Amendments are examples of organizations that have power over the private busi ness sector. Just as Phillips said he thought conservatives must fight for their ideas all across the country instead of fighting only in Washington, there was a loud knocking at one door of the Theater. He continued over the knocking, saying the lib erals were stronger in Washington and to fight only there would not he very effective. As the knocking became more annoying, Phillips said, “That must be Frank Mankiewicz trying to get back in.’ Manckiewicz was last week’s speaker whose politics are quite the opposite of Phillips’. Mankiewicz is a noted liberal polit ical spokesperson. A comparison of Mankiewicz s and Phillips’ views point out their differences. Mankiewicz said the defense budget needed desper ately to be reduced. Phillips felt the military salaries and retirement benefits should he cut, hut the money toward military hardware and ammunition was necessary for security safety precautions. $ l *3 | User fees not enough Qbc INTERSTATE UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER SPECIAL BENEFIT SHOW TONIGHT! 846-6714 & 846-1151 Tg W TONIGHT! ' bqk wmm dm “THE EXORCIST' blow your mind? D,d "GODFATHER” shock you? oid‘TOWERING INFERNO” raise your temperature? Did “EARTHQUAKE” shake you up? NOW...The POWERFUL Story S*/HO For an EXCITING and NEW EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE! I IWl tAAL. 1-pPIIC.I w wL. 1 J pre; Starring BERN!E CASEY • BO SVENSON • JANET MacLACHLAN • STEPHANIE EDWARDS A special Pre-Engagement Benefit Showing of “Big Mo" sponsored by the Bryan-College Station Jaycee-ettes for the Sheltering Arms Child Abuse Center will be held Thursday, October 23 al 7:30 & 9:30 P.M. All seats will be $2.50 for these performances only. Tickets are available now at the theatre box-office. M H M N M H H M M H N H M H H N (Continued from page 1) the victim to the hospital. Sherrill is now operating the ser vice on a temporary permit from College Station. Apparently the city is within its rights to loan private enterprise (Sherrill) the use of its ambulance. Ed Sherrill was one of two businessmen who notified the cities that they were interested in providing ambulance service. Transportation Enterprises,inc., an Austin-based firm that operates Austin’s ambulance service and shuttle buses at Texas A&M and the University of Texas, also ex pressed interest. “They never responded to the letter,” Scott Keller of the Austin Ambulance service said. The letter asked for a certain guaranteed in- Service raises rates The U. S. Postal Service has an nounced temporary postal rates that will become effective Dec. 28, 1975. Major rate changes include a rise in first-class letter rates from 10 to 13 cents, a rise from 7 to 9 cents for a postal card and an increase from 13 to 17 cents for the first ounce of airmail. Parcel post rates will jump an av erage of 10 per cent. come and for the billing to be hand led through a government body. “You can’t make money just run ning an ambulance service,” Keller said. “It has to be funded by more than just use fees. “People won’t pay their bills — a lot of people wouldn’t be affected by a city ordinance,” he said. “An ambulance service just can’t work on the free enterprise sys tem,” Keller said. “If it does work, it’s not offering the level of service the public deserves.” The Austin Ambulance Service receives financial support fromj the city of Austin. So much sup port, in fact, that the city is huyingj the service. “Quite often ambulance service gets to be a political football — it’s a real big political football here in Austin,” Keller said. Ah in Ren Ah Z7 Oct 75 ftjdderThedler i 00 p-m. f/.QO uss'ion led by’ Dr. Denni$ 'Beth old -/I Somewhat C)tSet£fi£ HfroAtma. RoA ftnour only *10 SAT-NOVI Frl. & Sat. at Mldnite “Magical Mystery Tour" by the Beatles (PG). All seats SI.25. Presented by KTAM Radio & ABC Interstate Theatres. Sweaters Make a Hit The Gentleman's Quarter ■i Town & Country Center iil 3705 E. 29TH OPEN 9-6 MON-SAT 846-1706 WURSTFEST Leaving Lot 60 at 1pm sign up/more info: sec desk RM216MSC Beginning Wed Oct 15 Chicken fried eteak like you wouldn't believe. The 3-C Corral serves a chicken fried steak like you wouldn’t believe. We start with Vs pound of round steak — without a speck of “extender.” We double dip each steak in our own batter, fry it to a golden brown and deliver it to your table hot and ready to eat. The chicken fried plate also includes a generous serving of french fries, fresh green salad and a roll. And the price is about the same you’ve been paying for a pre-breaded steak: $ 2 35 If you like chicken fried steak (and nearly every Aggie does) you’ll hnd a home at the 3-C Corral. 3-C Corral 29th Street to Barak Lane Across from Bryan High School 693-2721